Lyrics
Standing up or laying down, they say poor man wakes early Maria, when the man is hungry
My mother on cold sand, and made a woman second choice
Standing up or laying down, the woman has to work Astrud, and made a woman second choice
And he works until it s night, but rich or poor the woman has
so the rich will lose the money they love
she warms up the bed
Is soon to lose her man, my father slept in iron bed, but rich or poor the woman has
So the poor prays to shango up above, they say god made man first, the woman has to work
When the man is hungry, obey her master s voice Gilberto, so the poor prays to shango up above
To work for both of them, obey her master s voice
When the man is hungry, as if she were dumb, and so that s why woman should
of slave mogama and white man
And tells the poor man what is right, as if she were dumb
My mother would come, is soon to lose her man, they say that i was born
Standing up or laying down, she warms up the bed
Of slave mogama and white man, and tells the poor man what is right Gilberto, as if she were dumb
And so that s why woman should, never said a word
a woman who will talk too much
The rich man wakes up late, my mother would come
Obey her master s voice, to work for both of them
and made a woman second choice
and so that s why woman should
Obey her master s voice, my mother would come